Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-06-01
The Paris COnfagration
A HORRIBLE SIGHT-BURNED BODIES LYING
IN HEAPS,

HORRIBLE sIGHT-BURNED BODIES LYING
IN HEAPS.
PARIS, May 26.-The bodies of the ballet
dancers who lost their lives by the burning
Of the Opera Comique last night are lying
in heaps in the ruins of the theatre. The
firemen assert that many bodies are lying
in the upper galleries. The number of
persons killed greatly exceeds the previous
estimates. An excited crowd surrounds
the ruins, which are guarded by a military
Gordon. Many distressing scenes are wit
messed.
Up to q p. m twenty bodies, in terri
bly, mutilated condition had been recovered
from the ruins. The remains were princi-
pally those of ballet girls, choristers and
machinists. Five of the bodies are those
of elderly ladies and one of them is that of
child. The firemen lowered some of the
bodies from the fourth story of the theatre
by means of ropes. By 4 p. m. twenty
more bodies had been recovered, and later
this afternoon the bodies of eighteen ladies
all in full dress were found lying together
at the bottom of staircase leading from
the second story. These ladies all had es-
corts to the theatre, but no remains of men
were found anywhere near where these wo-
men were burned to death. The walls of
the theatre bbgan falling this evening aud
the search for bodies had to be abandoned
for the day. The remains of three men
and two women were found in the stage
box, where the victims had taken refuge
from the flames. 1t is ascertained that
many bodies, lie buried in the debris in
the upper galleries, from whence escape
was exceedingly difficult. The Govern
nent proposes to close several of the Paris
theatres because of their deficiency in exits.
The library attached to the theatre was
entirely destroyed with all its contents, in
Guiding many valuable scores. Six thou
sand costumes were burned in the ward
robe.
The work of searching for bodies was
resumed tonight and a number more were
exhumed. An official statement says that
fifty bodies have already been recovered.
M. Reveillon, Deputy, speaking in the
Chamber of Deputies this afternoon, est-
mated that at least two hundred persons
lost their lives in the fire.-NorfoM Land
mark.
THE WRONG MAN KILLED.-ST. LOUIS,
May ga special from Rockville, Mo-,
says the shooting to death of John Wander
burg in the courtroom yesterday, during
his preliminary examination on the charge
Of outraging Jennie Anderson, is now be-
lieved to have been a horrible mistake, and
notwithstanding she was the victim of some
man and identified Vanderburg as the man,
yet her Identification was of that uncertain
ty that usually fixes the crime on the first
person arrested. Vandesburg was cooking
for camping party four miles from the
scene of the outrage at o'clock that after
noon, and at O'Clock he was again in
camp.
The coroner's jury censured the judge
for not disarming and watching the Amber
son boys and Edward Evans, from whom
something desperate was expected, and
they brought ia verdict of murder against |
Lint Anderson and Edward Evans.
The testimony shows that the constables |
were watching these men, but were off |
their guard by their composed manner
while the judge was reviewing the testimo-
ny. Scarcely had he pronounced "Hold
the defendant in ten thousand dollars
bond" than Lint Anderson had sent two
shots through Vauderburg's body, aud
Edward Evans fred two more. Friends
eff the murdered man have been found, and
they declare that they will prosecute to the
end,